The chemicals’ resistance to heat, oils, stains, grease and water makes them useful. However, that same chemical stability also makes them linger in the environment – and in the human body. Studies ...
Also earlier this year, Trump's EPA announced it would maintain existing designations for PFOS and PFOA as hazardous ...
Funding for drinking water is limited, and any money we as a society spend on PFAS is money we can’t spend on needed infrastructure elsewhere. Everyone deserves clean water. It’s integral to health ...
The chemicals have been detected in Britain's rivers and drinking water (Alamy) Traces of a chemical that researchers fear could harm human reproduction have been found in dozens of Britain's rivers, ...
(THE CONVERSATION) When pregnant women drink water that comes from wells downstream of sites contaminated with PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” the risks to their babies’ health substantially ...
Tests found PFAS levels above Maine’s legal limit, leaving residents of Friendly Village buying bottled water while a fix ...